How to understand room rate in Swiss Francs

In all Europe and I think the world the decimal point is not a point like here but comma. So here it would be 199.12, in Europe 199,12. CHF to US$ is very easy. It's one to one i.e. practically the same. Very easy.

Thank you!

www.xe.com will easily convert most currencies to a different one. XE also has an app for your phone. But currently the previous answer is correct in that it's practically a 1 to 1

It seems unusual to have a room rate end end in 12. As far as converting it to dollars, CHF and USD are about equal these days.

Yes, in European numbers (not just in Switzerland), commas and periods are used in the reverse method of the US. So, what we write as $4,656.23 they would write as €4.656,23.

So that room is 199 Swiss Franks and 12 rappen (if you're in German-speaking Switzerland; they're called centimes in French Switzerland and centesimi in Italian Switzerland). And yes, that's basically 200 USD.

Besides using XE http://www.xe.com/ or OANDA https://www.oanda.com/currency/converter/ or the XE app, you can just use Google. For instance, if you put "745 USD in CHF" into the search box, you'll get a quick answer.

A side note: if you're paying with a credit card, make sure they process the transaction in CHF, not in USD. Doing it in dollars is called "dynamic currency conversion" or DCC, but a better way to call it is "rip off." With DCC, they use a less favorable rate than if you are charged in CHF and the bank does the converting, plus you still get any foreign transaction fees.

Thanks so much everyone! your answer are really helpful.

And in addition to the European vs American comma vs a period decimal point delimiter practice, Europeans use numeric "day"."month"."year" date sequences vs. "month"/"day"/"year". If you prepay for a Swiss room arriving on 6.5.2017 you will be expected on May 6th, 2017 not June 5th.

So following on Edgar's comment about dates, I find it easiest when writing dates in emails to say "6 May" instead of trying to remember if it's 05/06 or 06/05.